William Atkins

William Atkins's first book, The Moor, was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize and his second, The Immeasurable World: A Desert Journey, won the Stanford Dolman Travel Writing Award and the British Library Eccles Prize. He is a guest editor of the travel-writing edition of Granta. His journalism and reviews have appeared in Guardian, the New York Times, and Harper’s. Exiles: Three Island Journeys is published by Faber in 2022. He lives in Suffolk.

Past Events

Online, Via Zoom
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Join us in May as we explore the law, the meaning of freedom, the limits of reason & gain unrivalled insight into current events in Ukraine

Session 1: Rathbones Folio Prize Writing Masterclasses

Online, via Duuzra
Online, via Duuzra
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5x15 x Rathbones Folio Prize Writing Masterclasses chaired by James Naughtie

Should We Have Stayed At Home?

Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
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Should We Have Stayed at Home? Celebrate the publication of a travel-writing issue of Granta as we reflect on the meaning of travel in 2021.